Bible Verses about “defending yourself”

“But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.”

“Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."”

“for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.”

“Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

“But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.”

“"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'”

“Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning;”

“Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.”

“If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.”

“Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:”

“If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.”

“"You shall not allow a sorceress to live.”

“"You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.”

“Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?”

“If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;”

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

“"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.”

“How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"”

“and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”

“"If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.”

“Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.”

“"If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.”

“"You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.”

“If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.”

“Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.”

“"Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.”

“If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,”

“for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.”

“"You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.”

“"Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.”

“If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.”

“"If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.”

“"If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.”

“"He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.”

“For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.”

“"You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. "You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.”

“"If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.”

“"If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.”

“If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.”

“"If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;”

“the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.”

“But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.”

“If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.”

“If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.”

“You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.”

“"You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.”

“"When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.”